Originally posted by: Moth3r

Originally posted by: Karyudo
... anyone who has viewed a PAL copy of the same 1995 THX release can tell you that it is definitely different from the NTSC version. And it is better in most areas. You're right that it has its flaws -- most notably more dust and crap in the picture -- but it does have more resolution, more detail, and no ghosting.

Apart from the burn marks and the line dropouts, I'd say that the PAL laserdisc actually has less dirt and fewer scratches than the DC, but it does have the same level of DVNR artefacts (ghosting).

The fact that the burn marks 'slipped through' the DVNR on the PAL LDs but was filtered out on the DC, and that the starfields are more intact on the PAL, could be an indication that less DVNR was used. The PAL LDs does at least not suffer from stormtroopers with 4 eyes link.

I think the dropouts is a pressing problem and it varies from disc to disc.

But even if the PAL masters are not 'perfect' they would certainly be much better than any NTSC upscale. The PAL masters were not only used for VHS/LD releases, there were also a couple of D2 (or D3) broadcast masters made in 1995 (incidentally these also had the same burn marks).
And if the PAL masters were good enough for German, Swedish and Danish TV broadcasts they are most certainly also good enough for a bonus disc DVD transfer.